But Australia's involvement in the Pacific during World War One is generally overlooked.

It began in what was then German New Guinea in 1914, and Dr Christine Winter, a Senior Research Fellow at Sydney University, says the success of that campaign, and the low number of casualties might explain why so little is known about it.

Presenter: Catherine Graue

Speaker: Dr Christine Winter, Senior Research Fellow, University of Sydney

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